Few experiences in life are as enriching and rewarding as researching your family history. To trace your ancestral roots is to take part in an exciting detective story; one that asks you to rebuild the past from oral tradition, written records, and artifacts, such as familyphotographs.

15 Lectures1 Interviewing Kin and Mining Home Sources2 Genealogy Online-Gems and Junk3 The Library-Shelves Full of Family History4 Military Service and Homestead Records5 How to Build Historical Context6 Your Ancestors in Ship Passenger Lists7 Your Ancestors in Naturalization Records8 The Genealogical Proof Standard9 Your Ancestors in the County Courthouse10 Your Ancestors in State Records11 How to Write Biography12 Dos and Don'ts of Writing History13 Searching in Your Ancestors' Backyards14 Assembling an Account of Your Discoveries15 Extending Your Family Tree Overseas